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Bob Lee Killing: Nima Momeni Convicted of Second-Degree Murder

Bob Lee Killing: Nima Momeni Convicted of Second-Degree Murder

Heather Knight and Soumya Karlamangla
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Politics

Nima Momeni, 40, was convicted by a San Francisco jury in the fatal stabbing of Bob Lee, a well-known tech executive.


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What RFK Jr. Has Said About the Polio Vaccine in Recent Years

What RFK Jr. Has Said About the Polio Vaccine in Recent Years

Christina Jewett and Sheryl Gay Stolberg
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Politics

President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for health secretary has suggested that the polio vaccine cost more lives than it saved and that the vaccine did not wipe out the disease in the U.S.


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How OpenAI Plans to Move From Being a Nonprofit

How OpenAI Plans to Move From Being a Nonprofit

David A. Fahrenthold, Cade Metz and Mike Isaac
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Politics

As the maker of ChatGPT battles Google and Meta for A.I. supremacy, it’s also fighting to end control by a nonprofit board.


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Why OpenAI Needs So Much Money

Why OpenAI Needs So Much Money

Cade Metz
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Politics

Building a chatbot like ChatGPT requires billions upon billions of dollars. That’s the driving force behind OpenAI’s plans to change how it’s managed.


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Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin Ramps Up Competition with Elon Musk and SpaceX

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin Ramps Up Competition with Elon Musk and SpaceX

Karen Weise
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Politics

A new rocket from Mr. Bezos’ company Blue Origin and a satellite system from Amazon could heat up competition with SpaceX, owned by Mr. Musk.


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The Search for van Gogh’s Lost Masterpiece

The Search for van Gogh’s Lost Masterpiece

Michael Forsythe, Graham Bowley and Elisabetta Povoledo
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Politics

Cast off by the Nazis, but heralded by curators, the artist’s painting of his doctor, made just before van Gogh’s suicide, has not been seen in 34 years.


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PG&E Secures $15 Billion Loan From U.S. Energy Department

PG&E Secures $15 Billion Loan From U.S. Energy Department

Danielle Kaye
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Politics

The loan, the biggest-ever commitment from the Loan Programs Office, is intended to fund the California utility’s grid and climate resiliency projects.


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Huawei Mate 70 Contains Similar Chips to Previous Phone, Suggesting Stalled Progress

Huawei Mate 70 Contains Similar Chips to Previous Phone, Suggesting Stalled Progress

Meaghan Tobin
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Politics

An analysis of Huawei’s latest series of smartphones, the Mate 70, found chips that showed little progress from those used in last year’s devices.


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Netanyahu Travels to Israeli-Controlled Syria, His Office Says

Netanyahu Travels to Israeli-Controlled Syria, His Office Says

Matthew Mpoke Bigg
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Politics

The previously unannounced trip highlighted Israel’s military presence across the de facto border with Syria. Israeli forces have seized more Syrian territory since the fall of Bashar al-Assad.


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Who Was Igor Kirillov, the Russian General Killed in a Moscow Bomb Blast?

Who Was Igor Kirillov, the Russian General Killed in a Moscow Bomb Blast?

The New York Times
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Politics

The general had faced sanctions for using chemical weapons in Ukraine.


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Gilgo Beach Defendant Rex Heuermann Is Charged in a Seventh Killing

Gilgo Beach Defendant Rex Heuermann Is Charged in a Seventh Killing

Corey Kilgannon
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Politics

The man whom authorities call a serial killer was charged with second-degree murder in the case of Valerie Mack, who disappeared in 2000.


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Alabama Woman Receives Nation’s Third Pig Kidney Transplant

Alabama Woman Receives Nation’s Third Pig Kidney Transplant

Roni Caryn Rabin
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Politics

The patient, Towana Looney, was in better health than previous recipients, and her case could signal progress toward solving the organ-supply shortage.


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Behind Germany’s Government Collapse Is Frustration Over a Stagnating Economy

Behind Germany’s Government Collapse Is Frustration Over a Stagnating Economy

Jim Tankersley
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Politics

One of Europe’s powerhouses is losing its competitive edge, and the political class can’t agree on why — or what to do about it.


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‘Bluey’ Is Headed to Theaters, Backed by Disney

‘Bluey’ Is Headed to Theaters, Backed by Disney

Brooks Barnes
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Politics

BBC Studios and the Walt Disney Company will collaborate on a movie about the hit children’s character.


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After Trump’s Victory, Republicans Trust the Election System Again

After Trump’s Victory, Republicans Trust the Election System Again

Charles Homans
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Politics

Surveys taken since Donald Trump’s win show a resurgent faith among the president-elect’s supporters, and little Democratic appetite for conspiracy theories.


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